Pave penny

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Pave Penny system on an A-10A, where it is located below the cockpit on the right side of the fuselage

The AN / AAS-35V Pave Penny system is a laser sensor produced by the American defense company Lockheed-Martin . The sensor used in aircraft shows the pilot in the head-up display reflections from laser beams, which he can then fight. Since Pave Penny does not emit laser radiation itself, but is only a passive sensor, the system cannot guide a laser-guided weapon into the target. To make it easier to differentiate between several targets illuminated on the ground, the laser beam can be provided with a four-digit code that is also displayed in the aircraft. Due to the design as a passive sensor, the distance to the target cannot be determined.

The sensor is 78 cm long and weighs 14.5 kg.

The system was used by the United States Air Force in the aircraft types Fairchild-Republic A-10 and Vought A-7 . The Singapore Air Force is using the sensor on A-4SU Super Skyhawk aircraft . Pave Penny is now considered obsolete and is being replaced by more advanced systems.